Thieves fleeing Crossings outlet almost hit police officer

Pocono Township police are questioning two people in relation to a retail theft at the Crossings Premium Outlets Thursday afternoon.

Pocono Township police are questioning two people in relation to a retail theft at the Crossings Premium Outlets Thursday afternoon.

Chief Phil Riley said police got a call at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday about two males that were seen in two stores.

Riley said hats were stolen from one store, Lids, but had no information available on whether anything was taken from the other store. No weapons were displayed.

Riley said the males then encountered an officer in the parking lot when fleeing the scene, and the driver-side window of the car, that the males fled in, was broken during that encounter. Riley said the officer was almost hit by the fleeing car, a red four-door Hyundai with a Pennsylvania license plate.

After a chase on Interstate 80 East, the car was found abandoned in East Stroudsburg. Both males are described as black, with one of them wearing long dreadlocks and glasses.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or Pocono Township police at 570-629-7323.